KMykal
Hi, I'm sort of new around here, but I love making and modifying spreads, so I figured that I should post one I made in thanks for all the inspiration this board has given me.
This is a spread that I use often when needing large spreads or protective spreads, and I'm wondering if it will help anyone else. It's 15 cards and I tend to ramble a bit, but it's a lot simpler to read than I make it sound.
First, separate the Major Arcana out of your deck. Shuffle the Majors and then lay them out as a triangle starting three wide at the top, then another laid down one card length below the lowest, like this (it should be noted that I always face the spread so that the arrow points to the querent, so the arrow will face away from you if your client sits opposite of you):
-1-2-3-
--4-5--
---6---
-------
---7---
Then shuffle the remaining Majors back into your deck, shuffle again, and then lay them out surrounding the original triangle like this (A-H are the new cards):
-A-1-2-3-B-
--C-4-5-D--
---E-6-F---
----G-H----
-----7------
Now that all of the cards are laid out, time to read! Cards 1-6 are the forces in life that can hold the querent down. You'll basically be looking at the darker sides of all the card's traits. Be sure to pay attention to what cards in the inner triangle come next to each other, as they often seem to be traits that feed off one another. I usually say that card 2 is the strongest and weakest because it feeds off of the energies of 1,3,4, and 5, but needs all that energy to hold itself together.
So, how do we break off the bad energy? By using the protective forces of A-H and 7. 7 is what I call the "guiding light," or the ideal that you should keep most in mind when reading. A-H are the ideals and actions that keep the bad energies away from the querent, and are read in triangles; A and C help protect against 1, C and E protect against 4, etc. For 6 I use intuition for determining whether to read E and G, F and H, or all four against 6. When the negative energies of the outer cards are removed, 2 will have nothing to feed off of.
So that's it for my first spread up on here. One reading tip I have is that after I have laid the cards down, I just stare at the centre and zone out for a minute or so, letting my eyes travel wherever before reading. 15 cards can seem daunting, but the triangular patterns seem to really catch the eye, and letting my eyes just roam around the patterns helps me better understand the spread when I start reading.
This is a spread that I use often when needing large spreads or protective spreads, and I'm wondering if it will help anyone else. It's 15 cards and I tend to ramble a bit, but it's a lot simpler to read than I make it sound.
First, separate the Major Arcana out of your deck. Shuffle the Majors and then lay them out as a triangle starting three wide at the top, then another laid down one card length below the lowest, like this (it should be noted that I always face the spread so that the arrow points to the querent, so the arrow will face away from you if your client sits opposite of you):
-1-2-3-
--4-5--
---6---
-------
---7---
Then shuffle the remaining Majors back into your deck, shuffle again, and then lay them out surrounding the original triangle like this (A-H are the new cards):
-A-1-2-3-B-
--C-4-5-D--
---E-6-F---
----G-H----
-----7------
Now that all of the cards are laid out, time to read! Cards 1-6 are the forces in life that can hold the querent down. You'll basically be looking at the darker sides of all the card's traits. Be sure to pay attention to what cards in the inner triangle come next to each other, as they often seem to be traits that feed off one another. I usually say that card 2 is the strongest and weakest because it feeds off of the energies of 1,3,4, and 5, but needs all that energy to hold itself together.
So, how do we break off the bad energy? By using the protective forces of A-H and 7. 7 is what I call the "guiding light," or the ideal that you should keep most in mind when reading. A-H are the ideals and actions that keep the bad energies away from the querent, and are read in triangles; A and C help protect against 1, C and E protect against 4, etc. For 6 I use intuition for determining whether to read E and G, F and H, or all four against 6. When the negative energies of the outer cards are removed, 2 will have nothing to feed off of.
So that's it for my first spread up on here. One reading tip I have is that after I have laid the cards down, I just stare at the centre and zone out for a minute or so, letting my eyes travel wherever before reading. 15 cards can seem daunting, but the triangular patterns seem to really catch the eye, and letting my eyes just roam around the patterns helps me better understand the spread when I start reading.
This spread looks really interesting. Really well thought out. Also the example reading is shedding more light to it and looks inspiring so I'm thinking of letting it stay. 